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{{Short description|Species of plant}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Hidalgoa-ternata.jpg
| image_caption = ''Hidalgoa ternata''<br/>[[Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve]], [[Costa Rica]].
| genus = Hidalgoa
| species = ternata
| authority = [[Pablo de La Llave|La Llave]]
| synonyms =
{{Species list
| Hidalgoa breedlovei | Sherff
| Hidalgoa lessingii | DC.
| Hidalgoa pentamera | Sherff
| Hidalgoa steyermarkii | Sherff
| Melampodium hidalgoa | DC.
| Melampodium ternatum | DC.
}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite POWO |id=214106-1 |title=''Hidalgoa ternata'' |accessdate=5 April 2022}}</ref>
}}

'''''Hidalgoa ternata''''' is a flowering plant in the tribe [[Coreopsideae]] of the family [[Asteraceae]]. It is found in areas of the tropics in the [[Americas]].<ref name=eol>{{EOL|6270957|''Hidalgoa ternata''}}</ref>

==Distribution==
The plant is native to southern Mexico, [[Central America]], and northwestern [[South America]].<ref name=eol/>

It is common in montane [[cloud forest]]s in [[Costa Rica]], such as in the [[Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve]].

==Description==
''Hidalgoa ternata'' is a hemi-[[Epiphyte|epiphytic]] [[vine]].<ref name=eol/>

It is distinguished by its deep orange flowers and [[ternate]] leaves.<ref name=eol/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Hidalgoa ternata}}
*[http://eol.org/pages/6270957/literature Missouri Botanical Garden|eol.org: bibliography of published literature on ''Hidalgoa ternata''] — ''with online links''.

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[[Category:Coreopsideae]]
[[Category:Epiphytes]]
[[Category:Vines]]
[[Category:Flora of Chiapas]]
[[Category:Flora of Oaxaca]]
[[Category:Flora of Tabasco]]
[[Category:Flora of Veracruz]]
[[Category:Flora of Puebla]]
[[Category:Flora of Colombia]]
[[Category:Flora of Costa Rica]]
[[Category:Flora of Ecuador]]
[[Category:Flora of Guatemala]]
[[Category:Flora of Panama]]
[[Category:Flora of Peru]]


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